9.03.050 Hearing and Service of Notice Thereon

Such transfer of the permanent care, control, and custody of a child and the termination of the rights of the parents with reference to the child shall be made only after a special hearing before the Court and the Court shall cause notice of the time, place, and purpose of such hearing to be served within or without the jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Jurisdiction on the parents or surviving parent or the father of an illegitimate child against whom paternity has been duly adjudged, upon the general guardian of any such child, upon a general guardian of the mother of an illegitimate child, the general guardian of the father of an illegitimate child against whom paternity has been duly adjudged for at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. When it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that personal service cannot be obtained, then by publication thereof in a newspaper of general area circulation once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of the hearing.